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as in sorcerer
a person skilled in using supernatural forces
the magician was able to summon the birds of the air and the beasts of the field with a simple spell
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as in conjurer
one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment
the famous magician's signature trick was pulling a rabbit out of a hat
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Recent Examples of magician
Prestige revolves around a rivalry between two magicians (Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale) in turn-of-the-20th century London.
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Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Even a magician can fall for a good trick.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Enjoy an afternoon of fun activities such as face painting, small animal petting zoo, music, magician and balloon artists.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
Entertaining performance Performers can run the gamut from cultural dancers celebrating a couple’s heritage to magicians to even a specialized singer.
—Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
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Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Even a magician can fall for a good trick.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Enjoy an afternoon of fun activities such as face painting, small animal petting zoo, music, magician and balloon artists.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
Entertaining performance Performers can run the gamut from cultural dancers celebrating a couple’s heritage to magicians to even a specialized singer.
—Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for magician
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Based on Gege Akutami’s manga, the film follows Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, two sorcerers tasked with protecting Amanai Riko, a student chosen as the Star Plasma Vessel, while being pursued by curse users and a religious cult.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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The sorcerers also reveal that Bruce Banner has become Infinity Hulk, a living vessel for the Infinity Stones.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Sep. 2025
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Just as a conjurer saws a lady in half, the movie keeps dividing its characters and relationships.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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One of the greatest of those conjurers is now gone.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
18 Oct. 2025
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Yennefer is gathering mages to help get to him from all angles.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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In another magical Miami tale, a broke witch who works in a spellshop and an adjunct professor who’s secretly a popular himbo mage team up to win a spellcasting reality show competition — except someone is sabotaging the contestants’ work.—
Lia Amador,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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The apple-munching Euphoria actor slipped into Tilda Swinton’s plush period dress from the ravishing 1992 drama, joined by Jeff Goldblum, Wicked’s wizard himself, in sparkly Gucci.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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Three years after their wonderfully creepy first feature film Coraline, the stop-motion wizards at Laika released this horror comedy about an 11-year-old boy who can communicate with the dead.—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Egg carton witches on popsicle stick brooms littered the craft table no matter the season.—
Christa Carmen,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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In Hocus Pocus, Dani, her older brother Max (Omri Katz) and his crush Allison (Vinessa Shaw) have to save the children of Salem, Massachusetts after accidentally awaking the witch Sanderson sisters from their 300-year slumber.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Magician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magician. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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